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EBPECIEICATIDN forming part of Letters Patent No. SSLSQS, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed February 12, 1885. Serial No. 155,733. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWALTER G. READ, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Huey, in the county of Clinton and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVindWheels; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked there on, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in horizontal wind-wheels, the object of my invention being to provide a wind-wheel with means whereby it will be selfregulating, or the vanes thrown to such a position that they will present less surface for the wind to act upon; and to this end my invention consists in pivoting the vanes upon arms which radiate from a vertical shaft, said vanes being connected by rods to a weight which slides upon the vertical shaft, so as to act as a governor.

My invention also consists in the construc tion and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and specifically,pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate my invention, Figure l is a plan view showing the upper cross-bars broken away, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the linear w of Fig. 1.

A represents a suitable casing, which is mounted upon supports or standards, said cas ing or frame-work being provided with horizontal cross-bars, at the intersection of which are located bearings for a vertical shaft, 13.

0 represents the vanes of the wheel, which are provided with portions 0, which project in extend downwardly to near the ends of the lower radiating arm, to which they are attached, said bars serving as supports for the lower set of radiating arms,so as to prevent the wheel from sagging. The inner sides of the vanes C are each provided with staples or eyes 6, through which pass the ends of rods F, which are attached at their opposite ends to a sliding weight or collar, G. This weight, in connection with the rods, will normally tend to keep the portion 0 of thevanes in contact with the rims D but when the wheel, by the force of the wind,,is caused to rotate rapidly the centrifugal force exerted on the rods F will cause them to assume ahorizontal position and thereby lift the weight on the shaft, thereby raising the weight and moving the vanes to the position shown in Fig. 1. It will be seen that when the wheel revolves rapidly the vanes present less surface for the wind to act upon.

If desirable, the frame-work A may be provided with folding doors, which maybe operated from the ground, so as to be thrown open when it is desired to use the wheel.

When the vanes are thrown to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, it will be readily seen that they will conj ointly present a substantially cylindrical surface, upon which the wind will not act so as to rotate the wheel,and the power of the wheel will 'be governed entirely by the force of the wind and the surface of the inner portions of the vanes O cpresented thereto.

I claim 1. In a wind-wheel, the combination of the vertical vanes pivoted to move laterally, a shaft, a sliding collar mounted thereon, and rods connecting said vanes and collar and adapted to raise said collar under centrifugal action, substantially as set forth.

2. In a horizontal wind-wheel, a vertical shaft having radiating arms rigidly attached thereto, said arms pivotally carrying at their outer ends vanes, circular rims supported from said-shaft to limitthe movement of said vanes, a collar sliding upon said shaft, and a series of rods connecting said vanes and collar and adapted to raise said collar under centrifugal action and move the vanes, substantially as set forth.

3. In a horizontal wind -wheel, a vertical ing from the hub of the upper series of arms to near the outer ends of the lower series, rims D, carried by the arms, a collar sliding on said shaft, and a series of rods connecting said collar and vanes,whereby the arms raise said collar under centrifugal force and move the vanes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' WALTER G. READ. Witnesses:

A. B. OUTHOUSE, HENRY Roman. 

